The Paris climate agreement promises to keep global temperatures from rising by more than two degrees Celsius, but without providing viable targets to achieve that. Rather than focusing on global temp… read more

The diplomatic effort to forge an international agreement to mitigate climate change is undergoing a fundamental shift. Rather than attempting to base an accord on legally binding limits on greenhouse… read more

The December 2015 UN climate-change negotiations in Paris are almost certain to fail, bringing about the demise of the current top-down approach to climate policy. To save international climate policy… read more

In international climate-policy circles, there is broad consensus regarding the target of limiting global warming to two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. But that goal cannot be met, and, … read more

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